WdCompatibility Enumeration

Word Developer Reference

Specifies a compatibility option.

Version Information
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Name Value Description
wdAlignTablesRowByRow 39 Align table rows independently.
wdApplyBreakingRules 46 Use line-breaking rules.
wdAutospaceLikeWW7 38 Autospace like Microsoft Word 95.
wdConvMailMergeEsc 6 Treat \" as "" in mail merge data sources.
wdDontAdjustLineHeightInTable 36 Adjust line height to grid height in the table.
wdDontBalanceSingleByteDoubleByteWidth 16 Balance SBCS characters and DBCS characters.
wdDontBreakWrappedTables 43 Do not break wrapped tables across pages.
wdDontSnapTextToGridInTableWithObjects 44 Do not snap text to grid inside table with inline objects.
wdDontULTrailSpace 15 Draw underline on trailing spaces.
wdDontUseAsianBreakRulesInGrid 48 Do not use Asian rules for line breaks with character grid.
wdDontUseHTMLParagraphAutoSpacing 35 Do not use HTML paragraph auto spacing.
wdDontWrapTextWithPunctuation 47 Do not allow hanging punctuation with character grid.
wdExactOnTop 28 Do not center "exact line height" lines.
wdExpandShiftReturn 14 Do not expand character spaces on the line ending Shift+Return.
wdFootnoteLayoutLikeWW8 34 Lay out footnotes like Word 6.x/95/97.
wdForgetLastTabAlignment 37 Forget last tab alignment.
wdGrowAutofit 50 Allow tables to extend into margins.
wdLayoutRawTableWidth 40 Lay out tables with raw width.
wdLayoutTableRowsApart 41 Allow table rows to lay out apart.
wdLeaveBackslashAlone 13 Convert backslash characters into yen signs.
wdLineWrapLikeWord6 32 Line wrap like Word 6.0.
wdMWSmallCaps 22 Use larger small caps like Word 5.x for the Macintosh.
wdNoColumnBalance 5 Do not balance columns for continuous section starts.
wdNoExtraLineSpacing 23 Suppress extra line spacing like WordPerfect 5.x.
wdNoLeading 20 Do not add leading (extra space) between rows of text.
wdNoSpaceForUL 21 Add space for underline.
wdNoSpaceRaiseLower 2 Do not add extra space for raised/lowered characters.
wdNoTabHangIndent 1 Do not add automatic tab stop for hanging indent.
wdOrigWordTableRules 9 Combine table borders like Word 5.x for the Macintosh.
wdPrintBodyTextBeforeHeader 19 Print body text before header/footer.
wdPrintColBlack 3 Print colors as black on noncolor printers.
wdSelectFieldWithFirstOrLastCharacter 45 Select entire field with first or last character.
wdShapeLayoutLikeWW8 33 Lay out autoshapes like Word 97.
wdShowBreaksInFrames 11 Show hard page or column breaks in frames.
wdSpacingInWholePoints 18 Expand/condense by whole number of points.
wdSubFontBySize 25 Substitute fonts based on font size.
wdSuppressBottomSpacing 29 Suppress extra line spacing at bottom of page.
wdSuppressSpBfAfterPgBrk 7 Suppress Space Before after a hard page or column break.
wdSuppressTopSpacing 8 Suppress extra line spacing at top of page.
wdSuppressTopSpacingMac5 17 Suppress extra line spacing at top of page like Word 5.x for the Macintosh.
wdSwapBordersFacingPages 12 Swap left and right borders on odd facing pages.
wdTransparentMetafiles 10 Do not blank the area behind metafile pictures.
wdTruncateFontHeight 24 Truncate font height.
wdUsePrinterMetrics 26 Use printer metrics to lay out document.
wdUseWord2002TableStyleRules 49 Use Microsoft Word 2002 table style rules.
wdUseWord97LineBreakingRules 42 Use Microsoft Word 97 line breaking rules for Asian text.
wdWPJustification 31 Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows.
wdWPSpaceWidth 30 Set the width of a space like WordPerfect 5.x.
wdWrapTrailSpaces 4 Wrap trailing spaces to next line.
wdWW6BorderRules 27 Use Word 6.x/95 border rules.
wdAllowSpaceOfSameStyleInTable 54 Allow space between paragraphs of the same style in a table.
wdAutofitLikeWW11 57 Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 table autofit rules.
wdDontAutofitConstrainedTables 56 Do not autofit tables next to wrapped objects.
wdDontUseIndentAsNumberingTabStop 52 Do not use hanging indent as tab stop for bullets and numbering.
wdFELineBreak11 53 Use Word 2003 hanging-punctuation rules in Asian langauges.
wdHangulWidthLikeWW11 59 Do not use proportional width for Korean characters.
wdSplitPgBreakAndParaMark 60 Split apart page break and paragraph mark.
wdUnderlineTabInNumList 58 Underline the tab character between the number and the text in numbered lists.
wdUseNormalStyleForList 51 Use the Normal style instead of the List Paragraph style for bulleted or numbered lists.
wdWW11IndentRules 55 Use Word 2003 indent rules for text next to wrapped objects.

Remarks

Compatibility options affect how a document is displayed in Microsoft Office Word. The wdCompatibility enumeration is used with the Compatibility property of the Document object.